Galway City Council is closing roads and car parks, and making sandbags available, ahead of a Status Red weather warning for Storm Debi.
Galway will be under a Status Red wind warning from 3am until 5am on Monday morning, with an Orange warning thereafter.
Met Eireann has warned of severely damaging winds, with the potential for a threat to life.
There may be impacts in Galway City including flooding, overtopping, damage to exposed and vulnerable structures, disruption to services and transport, power outages, and fallen trees/ branches.
The City Council and An Garda Síochána have agreed to close a number of exposed coastal roads for the duration of the Red weather warning.
- Salthill – from the mini-roundabout at Threadneedle Road (R336)/ Upper Salthill Road, along Seapoint Promenade (R336) to Galway Business School.
- Silverstrand Road
- Rosshill Road – a section of the Rosshill Road along the forest area will be closed off to the public.
Ballyloughane Road (beach) will not be closed, but the council is still advising motorists to avoid the area.
Roads will reopen when the Red Warning has been lifted by Met Eireann, and following attendance and clean up by council crews on Monday.
The council will issue further updates on Monday as roads are reopened.
Motorists are also being advised to remove their cars from ar parks at Salthill, Tofts, Silverstrand and Ballyloughane Beach.
Toft car park and Salthill car park have both also been closed to the public.
For those worried about flooding in their homes or businesses, sandbags have been made available to the public and can be found at:
- Tourist Kiosk, Salthill
- Claddagh Hall
- Fire Station, Fr Burke Road
- Spanish Arch
- Docks, beside the Pedestrian Crossing (St Nicholas Street)
